Five arrested for supporting Maoists' urban network

In separate actions, five persons including a man supporting Naxal urban network were arrested by the police.The person supporting Naxal urban network was nabbed from Manendragarh of Koriya district, while four ultras were nabbed during search operation in insurgency-hit Bijapur district police said on Friday.

Four Naxals were arrested during a joint operation carried out by District Force (DF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Special Task Force (STF) and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) in Bijapur, informed Superintendent of Police (SP) Bijapur, K l Dhruv.

Out of these four cadres, three were nabbed from Basaguda police limits while one was held in the limits of Usoor police, he said.The arrested insurgents were identified as Punem Suresh (30), Punem Shankar (30), Korsa Hunga (25) and Renga Ramlu (35) all residents of Bijapur.According to the SP, arrested rebels were involved in various Naxal incidents, including murder, murder attempt, abduction, loot and other crimes.

Meanwhile in separate incident, a man supporting Naxal urban network was arrested.“The nabbed person was identified as Charu alias Mohak Agrawal a businessman based in Manendragarh. The arrest is part of the crackdown which had started with arrest of three persons a few days back from Bhansi who were trying to supply lathe and Welding machine to the insurgents,” Superintendent of Police (SP), Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap informed.

According to the SP, Charu used to get lifted iron ore and iron belonging to Indian Railways and then supply it to Maoists. He had also arranged cash for Naxals when they demanded, the SP said.Charu’s Uncle Arun Agrawal and one Balram Nayak were arrested with the lathe machine and while investigating the case, Charu’s name came forward.

He was nabbed in Manendragarh with help of State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) unit at Police Headquarters, the Kashyap said.Charu while cross examination has confessed of his connection with Maoists, he claimed.